Bridle



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BRIDLE.

No. 402,981. Patented May '7 1889.

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JOHN SCHNEIDER, OF PEOTONE, ILLINOIS.

BRIDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,981,11ated. May '7, 1889.

Application filed November 24, 1888. Serial No. 291,806. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peotone, in the county of WVill and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bridles, which is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of a bridle having my improvement applied thereto and illustrating its operation; Fig. 2, a perspective View of one side of the throat-latch detached, the central portion thereof being broken away; Fig. 3, a sectional view taken on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 a perspective view, similar to Fig. 2, of the opposite side of the throat-latch. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are on an enlarged scale with respect to Fig. 1.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

My invention relates to bridles, and more particularly to a combined buckle and swiveled loop therefor, which shall serve not only to connect the throat-latch to the crown-piece, but also to support and guide the bearing or check reins.

To this end my invention consists in certain novel features which I will now proceed to describe, and Will then particularly point out in the claim.

In the drawings, A represents the bridle, provided with the crown-piece a and bearing or check reins a.

B represents the throat-latch, which consists, as usual, of a leather strap. To each end of this strap there is attached a buckle, C. The upper part of this buckle is of the usual construction, having the cross-bar c and tongue 0 pivoted on a cross-bar, c. The lower part of the buckle has the form of'a solid plate, recessed on its inner side, as shown at 0 from the bottom some distance upward, this recess being of a depth and width corresponding to the dimensions of the strap B, so that when the end of the strap is placed within said recess it shall lie flush with the inner surface of the buckle, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. When thus placed in position, the strap is connected to the buckle by means of a rivet, 0 or other suitable device. There is formed on the outer face of the buckle, below the pivot of the tongue, a loop, 0 which stands in a position at right angles to the body of the buckle, as shown in the several figures of the drawings.

At the lower end of the body of the buckle there is formed an apertured lug, d, which receives and supports a swiveled loop, D, having preferably the form shown-that is to say, being constricted at d, near its upper end, to form a small aperture for the lug cl and a large aperture through which the bearing-rein, a, may pass. Preferably I castthe buckle C with the loop 0 and the swiveled loop D at a single casting, thus saving time and expense; but it is obvious that the several parts may be separately made and united in any suitable manner, if desired.

In order to connect the throat-latch to the remainder of the bridle, the crown-piece a is extended downward, as shown at a and the ends thus extended, being provided with suitable perforations, are passed through the buckles O and secured thereto, the loose ends which extend downward being passed through the loops 0 and held in position thereby. The bearing-reins a are passed through the swiveled loops D, which latter serve to guide and support said bearing-reins, thereby dispensing with the extra straps usually em-- ployed for this purpose. It will be thus seen that I provide in the form of a single cheap casting a fixture which serves not only to connect the ends of the throat-latch to the bridle in a simple and efficient manner, but also forms a strong, simple, and durable guide and support for the bearing-arms.

It is obvious that various modifications in the details of construction may be made with.- out departing from the principle of my invention, and I therefore do not wish to be understood as limiting myself strictly to the precise details hereinbefore described, and shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, the buckle 0, provided with a recess, 0 to receive the end of the throat=latch, and a rivet, 0 to secure the same therein, and having crossbar 0 and pivoted tongue C to receive the crown-piece extension, transverse 100p C arranged at right angles to the body of the buckle, to receive the end of the crown-piece extension, apertured lug (Z at its lower end,

and the metallic 100p D, swiveled in said apertured lug and adapted to receive and support the bearing-rein,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

JOHN SCHNEIDER. Vitnesses:

STEPHEN SCHNEIDER, FRED STUART. 

